Best stocking for frag tank?

[Jake_the_reefer]

So I am planning on setting up a zoomed lowboy frag tang and I am currently thinking about what I should do for stocking fish wise. I'm strictly looking for worker fish that serve a function to keeping the tank happy (hopefully without a lid)

I'll need an algae grazer and a pest eater plus whatever is reccomended.

Thank you for suggestions!

 

[Sosuke]

What is your tank size?

 

[Sailfin11]

The lowboys are 48 by 24 so I think youd be fine with a small zebrasoma or Ctenochaetus tang. Maybe a wrasse for pest control.

 

[Sosuke]

The lowboys are 48 by 24 so I think youd be fine with a small zebrasoma or Ctenochaetus tang. Maybe a wrasse for pest control.

+1 didn't know how big it was sorry OP

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

+1 didn't know how big it was sorry OP

No problem! Haha

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

The lowboys are 48 by 24 so I think youd be fine with a small zebrasoma or Ctenochaetus tang. Maybe a wrasse for pest control.

Think a yellow or Kole will be happy in a lowboy? I'm assuming because its a longer tank with more swim room

 

[MelReefer]

6 line wrasse for pest control. I know they can be aggressive but I like them

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

6 line wrasse for pest control. I know they can be aggressive but I like them

I was thinking a wrasse of sorts. It would be barebottom so 6 line may be a good candidate

 

[andrewkw]

Honestly no fish is the best. Barring that some mollies. The reason being if you keep it fishless it can double as coral qt. That being said I have a barred rabbitfish in my lowboy. He does eat various algae but really not enough to justify him being in there. Now I stick my new arrivals in a 10g although I probably could risk infecting him, my concern would be him being immune to something but acting as a carrier and transferring over to my other fish.

I bought him to eat a specific macro algae but ended up using vibrant as I probably would have needed 6 to eat it all. The funny thing is I hardly ever see him picking but when I turn off all the flow he goes nuts picking at the eggcrate and frags. It's mostly soft corals with not a lot of flow so it's not like he's being pushed around.

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

The lowboys are 48 by 24 so I think youd be fine with a small zebrasoma or Ctenochaetus tang. Maybe a wrasse for pest control.

I forgot to ask. How many of these fish would be acceptable for the tank? 1?

 

[Sailfin11]

I forgot to ask. How many of these fish would be acceptable for the tank? 1?

I would stick with just 1 tang to prevent aggression. Multiple wrasse should be fine though